CLOUATRE v. HOUSTON FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY

No. 15738.

229 F.2d 596 (1956)

Mrs. Telce Mayers CLOUATRE, individually and as natural tutrix, for and on behalf of her minor children, Edward J. Clouatre, Dolores Ann Clouatre and Alma E. Clouatre, Appellants, v. HOUSTON FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 10, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Alva Brumfield, Baton Rouge, La., for appellants.

Robert J. Vandaworker, Baton Rouge, La., Taylor, Porter, Brooks, Fuller & Phillips, Baton Rouge, La., for appellee.

Before RIVES, TUTTLE and CAMERON, Circuit Judges.


CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

The question here presented is whether the Court below erred in sustaining, on the ground of res judicata, appellee's motion to dismiss the complaint filed March 8, 1955, by appellant on behalf of herself and her minor children. The action was brought against appellee, Houston Fire & Casualty Company, based upon a policy of liability insurance covering damages resulting from the operation of an automobile owned by O. W. Dyer. It...

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